Natural Gas Roundtable and Senate Natural Gas Caucus Luncheon Today, June 12th at the Hart Senate Office Building, Room SH-902. The invited speakers are: U.S. Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and John Barrasso (R-WY). 

The Hill. Lisa Murkowski, Mary Landrieu, FERC,  Chairwoman of the committee, Mary Landrieu, and her ranking member, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), are discussing ways they might be able to swap President Obama's nominees to the nation's top energy regulatory commission.

 

Jim Prentice, Tory, Northern Gateway, BC, First Nations, LNG, oil sands, Alberta, Photo by Dave HarbourGlobal Post/Canadian Press.  Alberta Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) says he's the one who can navigate the myriad of challenges to get the Northern Gateway pipeline built to the B.C. coast. … "There will be no access to the Asia Pacific basin for our energy unless we strike a partnership with the government of British Columbia and a partnership with First Nations, including, in particular, the coastal First Nations," said Prentice.

Doc Hastings, ESA, grouse, sullivan, kathryn, fws, noaa, Photo by Dave HarbourKathy Sullivan, NOAA, ESA, Doc Hastings, Photo by Dave HarbourHouse Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) and 42 Members of Congress sent a letter yesterday to U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) Director Dan Ashe and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Kathryn Sullivan (NGP Photo) requesting a six month extension of the public comment period for three proposed Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations.

Robert Dillon, Tom Steyer, electricity bills, Photo by Dave HarbourFrom Robert Dillon (NGP Pnoto) of the Senate Energy Committee staff offices regarding a Washington Post story on June 9, 2014:

Having made his fortune investing in coal and other fossil fuels, billionaire Tom Steyer is pulling the ladder up behind him and promoting policies designed to drive up the cost of energy for the rest of Americans.

While Steyer may not worry about his electricity bill, the vast majority of Americans do.

Steyer, meanwhile, is now investing in solar and other renewable projects that will directly benefit from his new-found environmental activism.

The Washington Post published a story yesterday on Steyer’s investment history and his decision to launch a personal war against the fossil fuels that helped make him rich in the first place. http://wapo.st/1jiSwze